Loki + Game of Thrones = Shakespeare?

Oh, sure, Joss Whedon brought Shakespeare to nerddom by making it all hip and modern, but Skyfall director Sam Mendes has a more straightforward approach with The Hollow Crown that seems to me likely to work just as well: cast Tom Hiddleston and make it violent as shit. Also Patrick Stewart, Ben Whishaw, John Hurt and Jeremy Irons.